i picked up this Type I Flyer locomotive recently with an odd key...
but now i've seen the same type key for a 2nd time on a Type XVII clockwork... at the other end of Flyer clockwork CI locomotive production...
anyone else ever see one of these?
it certainly looks old.
thanks...gary
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That key is correct for the c. 1909 to around 1914 American Flyer windup engines. It would not be correct for the second locomotive that you show.
There is a different type of key used on the 1907 and 1908 engines.
This type of key is found on 1907 and 1908 engines.
NWL
oh cool... thanks!
just a thought then,,, when i see a Flyer Type I with a key that looks like a Hafner key, it really is a Hafner key? is the one i show and the earlier one you show the only keys that should be in an early Type I with the left side screw key? i just assumed that since Hafner was part of Flyer then, the key used would be similar to the standard Hafner key used after he left.
OK, I just went and double checked my pre-1914 engines. It seems that the first key that you showed, was also somewhat short-lived and appears to be used during the 1909-1911 era and then the keys switched to the Hafner type key that you show in your last post, likely around 1910-1911.
I would also guess that some keys have been swapped / lost over the last 110 years.
NWL
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